Meaning not yet researched.
Dusty: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 32 in 2025. Its best rank was #316 in 1981.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #316 in 1981; #3,532 in 2025. About 78% of babies named Dusty in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,532 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1981, at #316.
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Dusty: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 32 boys in 2025. Peak: #316 in 1981 · most boys in one year: 602 (1981).
In 2025, 32 US boys were named Dusty, making it the 3,532nd most common boys’ name of the year, up 572 places from #4,104 in 2024. That is 6 more than the 26 boys named Dusty in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #316, reached in 1981. That year also had the most boys given the name: 602. For comparison, it was #2,575 in 2015 and #1,107 in 1950.
In 2025, 9 US girls were named Dusty, making it the 10,316th most common girls’ name of the year, down 3,609 places from #6,707 in 2024. That is 8 fewer than the 17 girls named Dusty in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #583, reached in 1976. The most girls given the name in a single year was 289, in 1980. For comparison, it was #7,369 in 2015 and #2,946 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Dusty in 87 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1927 with 5 babies. In all, 15,131 US babies have been given the name, 30% of them girls and 70% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 5,249 babies named Dusty.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 345 US boys were named Dusty; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 45. In 2025 that was about 1 in 53,377 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Dusti (1,824 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Dustie and Dustee are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Dustie (932), Dustee (84).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Dusty in the open dataset we use.
Dusty is listed as a nickname for Dustin.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,316 | 32 | #3,532 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,707 | 26 | #4,104 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,746 | 34 | #3,437 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,281 | 45 | #2,838 |
| 2021 | 16 | #7,041 | 31 | #3,600 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,312 | 38 | #3,034 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,247 | 37 | #3,155 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,191 | 30 | #3,630 |
| 2017 | 10 | #10,168 | 34 | #3,332 |
| 2016 | 14 | #8,116 | 38 | #3,077 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,369 | 48 | #2,575 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,174 | 42 | #2,822 |
| 2013 | 8 | #12,317 | 54 | #2,343 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,231 | 49 | #2,528 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,771 | 34 | #3,259 |
| 2010 | 15 | #8,005 | 60 | #2,191 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,902 | 77 | #1,876 |
| 2008 | 13 | #9,116 | 68 | #2,044 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,168 | 81 | #1,800 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,868 | 84 | #1,689 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,876 | 106 | #1,404 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,809 | 93 | #1,470 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,879 | 93 | #1,421 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,731 | 102 | #1,310 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,353 | 102 | #1,290 |
| 2000 | 37 | #3,541 | 118 | #1,167 |
| 1999 | 39 | #3,264 | 131 | #1,050 |
| 1998 | 52 | #2,626 | 128 | #1,055 |
| 1997 | 46 | #2,712 | 178 | #819 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,861 | 194 | #762 |
| 1995 | 60 | #2,224 | 223 | #714 |
| 1994 | 66 | #2,088 | 259 | #647 |
| 1993 | 54 | #2,359 | 209 | #714 |
| 1992 | 32 | #3,436 | 143 | #885 |
| 1991 | 53 | #2,394 | 170 | #788 |
| 1990 | 55 | #2,300 | 249 | #642 |
| 1989 | 59 | #2,102 | 249 | #634 |
| 1988 | 83 | #1,583 | 355 | #489 |
| 1987 | 101 | #1,352 | 405 | #443 |
| 1986 | 67 | #1,741 | 378 | #446 |
| 1985 | 94 | #1,375 | 352 | #457 |
| 1984 | 90 | #1,345 | 332 | #464 |
| 1983 | 129 | #1,072 | 309 | #482 |
| 1982 | 114 | #1,194 | 517 | #354 |
| 1981 | 229 | #720 | 602 | #316 |
| 1980 | 289 | #631 | 495 | #359 |
| 1979 | 194 | #815 | 193 | #614 |
| 1978 | 212 | #737 | 226 | #555 |
| 1977 | 241 | #661 | 189 | #612 |
| 1976 | 281 | #583 | 178 | #612 |
| 1975 | 206 | #719 | 148 | #676 |
| 1974 | 134 | #931 | 165 | #626 |
| 1973 | 148 | #871 | 135 | #688 |
| 1972 | 143 | #887 | 135 | #688 |
| 1971 | 111 | #1,086 | 119 | #750 |
| 1970 | 103 | #1,137 | 138 | #707 |
| 1969 | 71 | #1,362 | 113 | #736 |
| 1968 | 38 | #1,947 | 71 | #862 |
| 1967 | 41 | #1,825 | 57 | #958 |
| 1966 | 26 | #2,369 | 61 | #933 |
| 1965 | 20 | #2,766 | 77 | #839 |
| 1964 | 24 | #2,553 | 70 | #907 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,864 | 65 | #932 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,473 | 71 | #905 |
| 1961 | 18 | #2,986 | 74 | #890 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,550 | 90 | #806 |
| 1959 | 18 | #2,788 | 93 | #796 |
| 1958 | 13 | #3,421 | 88 | #797 |
| 1957 | 10 | #4,005 | 89 | #797 |
| 1956 | 21 | #2,479 | 90 | #784 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,157 | 78 | #831 |
| 1954 | 34 | #1,779 | 89 | #754 |
| 1953 | 20 | #2,380 | 52 | #1,004 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,846 | 46 | #1,070 |
| 1951 | 17 | #2,506 | 41 | #1,125 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,946 | 41 | #1,107 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,449 | 36 | #1,189 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,670 | 27 | #1,409 |
| 1947 | 17 | #2,478 | 22 | #1,615 |
| 1946 | 18 | #2,250 | 21 | #1,569 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,204 | 6 | #3,093 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,752 | 8 | #2,692 |
| 1941 | — | — | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1940 | — | — | 5 | #3,590 |
| 1935 | — | — | 5 | #3,808 |
| 1929 | — | — | 6 | #3,668 |
| 1927 | — | — | 5 | #4,361 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).